Rail plan of Trans Texas Corridor lives on

This rail plan is part and parcel of the Trans Texas Corridor (TTC). It's also no coincidence that this uptick in interest in rail occurs when several bills have been filed in the Texas legislature to give TxDOT the authority to enter into controversial public private partnerships (the financing mechanism of the TTC) to build the rail components of the TTC without the radioactive name.

TxDOT to hold meetings about potential rail corridor to Oklahomaby BAILEY MCGOWANWFAA.comPosted on March 26, 2013

The Texas Department of Transportation will hold three meetings in the North Texas area over the next two weeks looking for input on the possibility of a Texas-Oklahoma passenger rail.

The possible 850-mile stretch of rail would go from Oklahoma City to South Texas in order to alleviate some of the heavily condensed traffic along roads like Interstate 35, according to Mark Cross, an information specialist for TxDOT.

“The state and the federal government is looking into implementing more rail throughout the country, and this is just an extension of that,” Cross said.

The meetings are just three of 12 meetings being held throughout Texas and Oklahoma to get people’s opinions about what is needed and wanted from the potential rail corridor, Cross said.